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Instrument: SpaceView 24

Instrument details

Acronym	SpaceView 24
Full name	SpaceView 24 imaging telescope
Purpose	High-resolution land observation and disaster monitoring
Short description	Detailed instrument description not yet available. Presumably, 4-channel radiometer, 1 panchromatic, 3 in VIS (RBG)
Background	New development
Scanning Technique	Pushbroom, stereable both along- and across- track. Frames of 30 km2. Video capability
Resolution	1 m at s.s.p.
Coverage / Cycle	Few days, depending on strategic pointing
Mass	10 kg	Power	10 W	Data Rate

Providing Agency	BSG
Instrument Maturity	Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period:	2019 to 2026
Last update:	2023-11-27

Detailed characteristics

Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

BlackSky Global Commercial Imaging Constellation (BSG)
- BlackSky-1 (see instrument status) Feb 2019 - 2025
- BlackSky-2 (see instrument status) Mar 2019 - 2025
- BlackSky-3 (see instrument status) Sep 2019 - 2025
- BlackSky-4 (see instrument status) Nov 2019 - 2025
- BlackSky-5 (see instrument status) Nov 2020 - 2025
- BlackSky-6 (see instrument status) Nov 2020 - 2025
- BlackSky-9 (see instrument status) May 2021 - May 2021
- BlackSky-8 (see instrument status) May 2021 - May 2021
- BlackSky-7 (see instrument status) Jun 2021 - 2025
- BlackSky-10 (see instrument status) Dec 2021 - 2025
- BlackSky-15 (see instrument status) Dec 2021 - 2025
- BlackSky-14 (see instrument status) Dec 2021 - 2025
- BlackSky-13 (see instrument status) Dec 2021 - 2025
- BlackSky-12 (see instrument status) Dec 2021 - 2025
- BlackSky-11 (see instrument status) Dec 2021 - 2025
- BlackSky-16 (see instrument status) Jul 2022 - 2025
- BlackSky-17 (see instrument status) Jul 2022 - 2025
- BlackSky-18 (see instrument status) Mar 2023 - 2026
- BlackSky-19 (see instrument status) Mar 2023 - 2026

Instrument classification

Earth observation instrument
Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
High resolution optical imager

WIGOS Subcomponents

Subcomponent 4
High-resolution optical observation constellation (commercial)
High-resolution optical observation constellation (commercial)

Mission objectives

Primary mission objectives

Fire fractional cover
Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR)
Land surface topography

Evaluation of Measurements

The following list indicates which measurements can typically be retrieved from this category of instrument. To see a full Gap Analysis by Variable, click on the respective variable.

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Note: * Primary mission objective.

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Variable	Relevance for measuring this variable	Operational limitations	Explanation
Fire fractional cover*	2 - very high	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS channels with high resolution for boundary detection
Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR)*	4 - fair	Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.	VIS channels including Red at 700 nm
Glacier topography	4 - fair	Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only.	VIS and panchromatic channels with cross- and along-track steering capability for stereoscopy both in-orbit and between orbits
Ice sheet topography	4 - fair	Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only.	VIS and panchromatic channels with cross- and along-track steering capability for stereoscopy both in-orbit and between orbits
Land surface topography*	4 - fair	Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only.	VIS and panchromatic channels with cross- and along-track steering capability for stereoscopy both in-orbit and between orbits
Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR)	4 - fair	Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.	VIS channels, range undersampled
Cloud cover	5 - marginal	Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only.	VIS channel(s)
Earth surface albedo	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.	VIS channels
Glacier cover	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only.	VIS and panchromatic channel with higher resolution, for glacier boundary detection
Sea-ice cover	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS channel(s)
Snow cover	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only.	VIS and panchromatic (higher resolution) channels

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